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Bstone, the man rightly was convicted of felony assault and the woman should be convicted of resisting and felony fleeing. You've taken a very ignorant position. As soon as she failed to stop, she was committing a felony, in most areas, by fleeing - even at low speed. The officer was acting...

A toxicologist once shared an axiom with me - there is no such thing as a toxic substance, only a toxic dose. Meaning anything can be harmful if ingested in the wrong amount.

Yep. Read the article when the issue arrived. I was impressed with the effort, the scene time, and that the surgical team let them observe.

I saw that in the news broadcast that other departments were covering for the township department. Fantastic, wonderful thing to do for them. Thank you.

Rid's right. Layer for the cold. For Georgia cold, you might consider warm t-shirt or light thermal, then uniform shirt, then EMS jacket with zip out liner, good socks and boots, thermals and bdu's for lower.

I finished reading the article. The first part made good points. The second was an ad for Minto research Inc and Sager. There's a time for each modality of treatment.

No, I'm saying that applying an absolute to all treatment doesn't always mean the best for the pt and that sometimes doing less is better. Treating a potential problem when a problem does not yet exist can cause a worse one.

Sorry, Ridryder, but I disagree with your disagreement. ;) Journal of Emergency Medicine published a study in 2001 that showed that conventional splinting and immobilization was just as effective in the field for femur fx w/ good mcs and they even went as far as to say traction splints didn't...

Had a pt try - a psych call for a meth addict with severe psychotic behavior (I know, what meth-head doesn't). We had him calmed down and cooperative when we loaded him. Law enforcement following. Travelling down the highway, the pt freaked. Damn near decked me and went for the back doors. Got...

Easy answer - nope.B) Had a call once - cow versus farmer. The cow won. It crushed the farmer's leg against a steel gate and left the farmer lying on the ground with an obvious femur fracture. Checked the medial pulse and it was strong, the guy felt me touch his foot and he wiggled his toes...

Good tune, good vid. Thanks for the post.

Many condolences. I work in a heavy meth use area. The tragedy and havoc it wreaks upon the user's family is horrible.

In my experience, the Strykers have been far superior. More stable on rough ground, more durable, easier to manouver, easier to get in and out of the truck, easier to raise and lower with a pt on board. I even prefer the IV pole and O2 tank features. The Fernos have the bonus of more...

I'll do exactly that. If they've been moved to ICU, I'll walk across the hall and ask the staff there. If you have a good working relationship, they will be very helpful. If they don't know me, I'll introduce myself, state I was the medic that brought them in and was wondering how the pt was...

I worked for a service that had them and I loved them for certain calls. Little old lady who fell, struck her head and c/o back and hip pain, and now she's stuck behind the toilet with no way to get a backboard down the dark twisty hallway let alone in the bathroom. Severe curvature of the spine...

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Never ever even think about applying traction to a tib/fib fx even if the break was so clean it was Spic n span clean. Splint it.

Ironguy - here's a tip that sounds silly at first. When you're alone at home, make up a patient. For example, you're called to the residence of a 64 y/o female c/o difficulty breathing. On a pad of paper, spell out your SAMPLE and OPQRST then remember head to toe for your exam. Then ask out loud...

That's definately the American model and she would have had part of the 'golden hour' left while heading in to the OR but theFrench model is different and they claim great success with it.....but they are French. :-p

What could anyone say? So I lied and told the truth. "Sir, we need to focus on you right now. Your wife is in another part of the ER, your son is being treated in the next room. I'll get you more information when I can but we need to work on you right now. The best thing you can do for them is...